n6 MAKING A FISHERY. 



over the hatch hole or eddy. The runner, made 

 of a forked stick with arms six or seven inches 

 in length, is attached to the end A of the long 

 stick by a short length of strong water cord 

 passed through a hole (B) bored in the base of 

 the runner. The line, which should be of stout 

 water cord, is fastened to the runner at C, and 

 is wound in and out of the arms of the 

 runner, and the end of the slack fixed in a 

 slit (D) made at the extremity of one of the 

 arms for that purpose. About ten or twelve 

 yards of line are sufficient, and three or four 

 yards of loose line are left hanging below the 

 slit. A moderate-sized double hook on gimp is 

 fastened to the line, a lively dace or other bait 

 threaded to the hook by a baiting needle passed 

 diagonally upwards under the skin, from a point 

 near one of the ventral fins, coming out on the 

 back at a point on a line with the pectoral fins. 

 The bait is thrown in and left to swim about in 

 the water without lead or other incumbrance. 

 Sooner or later the bait may be taken, and the 

 pull will release the line from the slit, allowing 

 it to unwind from the arms of the runner. The 

 pike will gorge the bait, effectually hooking 

 itself, and as it plunges the suppleness of the 

 stick will play it until it is exhausted. 



The bait should be fair-sized, say a dace 

 of four or five ounces ; if very small ones are 



